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Originally Posted by rrskylar
Those of you on the left just don't understand where the money to build "feel good" white elephants comes from! Spending $65 million to house manufactured art is just plain goofy!
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Um, all art is manufactured. Inuit carvings have been done for thousands of years and yes, they changed and grew that tradition in the 1950s in hopes of generating income by selling their art. Painters and other artists throughout history have done exactly the same thing, adapting their art to whatever suits the nobles of the time so they can sell the art and make a living. And being a more modern tradition doesn't make it any less valuable, it just makes it contemporary.
Also like half of the cost of this project is from private donations. Those people can do what they want with their money and that's none of your business. Government is only spending about $30 million on it so we could build like 6 of these for the costs of that stupid Waverley underpass. $30 million in public money to showcase the world's best collection of Inuit art, or $150 million so a few people in Linden woods can drive to work 5 mins faster? Should be a no-brainer.
Naysayers loved to do the same thing to the CMHR, throwing that $350 million number around as if it was all public money when in reality almost half was private donations from around the country.